Community and Learning Partnerships

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2010-01-11 14:26:09

Parents are to be given greater powers to set privacy settings or lockdowns so that children aren't able to view pornography or violence online, according to internet safety rules published this week. The rules force companies running search engines to give parents better control over their services at present, privacy settings can be easily undone by IT-savvy kids. The new rules also say false pictures posted on social networking sites (a tactic often used by teenage cyberbullies) will have to be removed by host companies within 24 hours of a complaint.